Looking Back: Oh, What a Four Years It’s Been!

Video captures the milestones in pop culture, news, and sports that shaped the Class of 2022’s time at BU

Commencement 2022

Oh, What a Four Years It’s Been!

Video captures the milestones in pop culture, news, and sports that shaped the Class of 2022’s time at BU

May 18, 2022
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Red collage illustration that reads "Looking Back, Class of 2022" at center in uppercase, white font. Around the edges of the image are photos and screenshots from memorable moments from the past four years, including the red sox winning the world series, students posing with the Rhett bench, baby Yoda, and a screenshot of BURDLE, a play on the popular game Wordle.
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Commencement 2022

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Congratulations to the Boston University Class of 2022! Over the past four years, you have lived through some of the most eventful, and trying, moments in recent history: a global pandemic that’s claimed the lives of more than a million Americans, a racial reckoning in the wake of the murder of George Floyd, an unarmed Black man killed by a white police officer, and the first war in Europe since World War II. 

And then there are the lighter moments, and there have been many, since your beginning as freshmen. Remember when Tiger King was sweeping the nation? When “Old Town Road” by Lil Nas X (featuring Billy Cyrus) was everywhere? When the Terrier women’s ice hockey team captured their first Beanpot Tournament as a varsity team—and in sudden death overtime?  

Before you don your caps and gowns, take a video stroll down Memory Lane and call to mind some of the biggest news stories and pop culture events that shaped your time at BU.

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  • Aaron Hwang (ENG’21)

    Student Video Producer

    Aaron Hwang (ENG’21) is majoring in mechanical engineering. He has been producing a growing number of videos for BU's various online media outlets since arriving as a freshman in 2017. After he first picked up a camera in 2013, his filmmaking has taken him to rainy Taipei streets, Tokyo shrines, Himalayan valleys, and all corners of Boston neighborhoods. His work spans dance concept videos, narrative short films, and most notably, advertisements, as the resident filmmaker for Sleek Machine. Suddenly remembering that he's an engineering student, Aaron has also been a mechanical systems leader for BU Racing and interned with independent pen manufacturer Schon DSGN. On weekends, he spends a lot of time designing his custom camera gear, playing board games, taking copious amounts of photos, and searching for Boston's best eggs Benedict. Profile

  • Alan Wong

    Executive Producer

    Alan Wong oversees a team of video producers who create video content for BU's online editorial publications and social media channels. He has produced more than 300 videos for Boston University, shuffling through a number of countries in the process: Australia, Argentina, Peru, Ireland, China, and Cambodia. He has also bored audiences in Atlanta and Boston giving talks on video for higher ed. Profile

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  1. This is so US only!
    Was there no culture happening anywhere else in the world.
    One lesson I take with me on graduation is just how self-centered and self-obsessed Americans are.

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